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(No Model.)

W. H. PRICE.

HASP LOCK.

- No. 438,823. Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

, WITNESSES:

Ill/VENTO/i' 75 fim .4 T T URI/E Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI I/VILLIAM H. PRICE, OF WVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN F. SHEA, OF SAME PLACE.

HAS P-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,823, dated October 21, 1890.

Application filed February 28, 1890. Serial No- 342,036- (No model) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PRICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasp-Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in that classof locks known to the trade as ,hasp-locks, but, in contradistinction to such class, the lock itself is detachably connected to the hasp instead of being a part of or rigidly secured to the hasp.

The invention consists in so combining the lock with the hasp that said lock shall during the removal from and return of the hasp to its staple remain attached to the hasp against ordinary displacement, and when desired can be completely removed therefrom and used as an ordinary look, as will be hereinafter more fully explained, and specifically set out in the claims.

- Heretofore in this class of looks it has been found by experience to be very undesirable to have the look a part of or permanently attached to the hasp. Especially is this true as to looks used for mail-boxes and the like receptacles, where, in case of breakage or injury to the hasp, the lock is thrown aside as being of no further use in this connection, a new hasp-lock having to be substituted for the one thus thrown aside because of such injury to the hasp. This entails an expense which, but for the fact of the lock and hasp being integral,might be saved if the lock and hasp were detachably connected; and it is the purpose of the present invention to obviate this objection, which I do bya novel arrangement and combination of the lock and hasp, whereby the lock is made to serve permanently with the hasp when desired or detached therefrom and used as an ordinary padlock with any other hasp and staple.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a hasp and lock with such attachments as will permit of the two structures being readily and securely attached together and used when so attached or combined as an ordinary hasp-lock, and in case of injury or breakage of the hasp the lock need not be thrown aside as useless, but may be attached to a new hasp and used thereon.

Afurtherobject of the invention is to so construct the said attachments that thelock when attached to the hasp will be held securely thereon during the unlocking and locking of the'receptacle to which the hasp is secured.

These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which v Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved hasp-lock; Fig. 2, a face plan View of the same; Fig. 3, a back plan view of the hasp and lock detached, showing the attaching devices; Fig. 4, a similar view show .ing a modified form of attaching devices.

In the accompanying drawings, Aindicates the'lock-casing, which incloses the locking devices and supports the bolt, and B an ordinary hinge-hasp having the usual slot 1) for the reception of the staple b. The walla, which forms the rim of the lock, is shaped like the letter U and the face and back plates are cut out to correspond in shape with the depression 0 formed by the inner portion of the wall of the lock-case, The outer and inner wall at either side of the lock-case is pierced to receive the bolt, and the side of the opposite inner wall is recessed, as at 00, to serve as a keeper for the bolt. The case is provided with a key-hole, which in this case is made in a cylinder, which is caused to rotate when the key is inserted to unlock the bolt. The back plate is provided with flanges or lips D, constructed to form a groove for the reception of the side edges of the hasp, and are made to tightly clamp said edges to securely hold the lock onto said hasp against any ordinary jar which might tend to displace said look. In Fig.4 I have-shown a modified form of this means of attaching the lock to the hasp. two headed studs 0 c, which are adapted to enter key-hole slots cl d made in the hasp. The heads of the studs are inserted in the round portion of the slots d d, and the lock is moved along until the shanks of the studs The back plate is provided with are at the ends Of the slots. When in this position, the heads of the studs will prevent the look from becoming detached from the hasp.

Myimproved hasp-lock is specially adapted for mail-boxes, although it is equally applicable to all other structures where ahasp and staple are used. Much time is consumed and trouble occasioned by having to remove the look from the staple whenever a box or other structure is to be opened, requiring, as it does, four distinct and separate actions-first, the unlocking of the bolt; second, the removal of the lock; third, the placing of the lock, and, fourth, the removal of the haspwhile with my device but two actions are required-first,

the unlocking of the bolt, and,second, the rem v e a p-t us fect g a sav n of time and removing all cause of annoyance, which is a great deside ratum to letter-carriers. h det chab e eature i o ee mp r e ce when the device is to be used for letter-boxes, as t perm ts f the r ad r mevs 9 th lo n a o reakage f he ha p, the eplaqi g f the in ure ha p with a e o am the cont nued use o tl elo k, wh l nk i rea ily cu ed to th ha p y n e ting the side edges the e Wit in the m s rm y t fl n lip c and m ving t e l c until the depression C registers with the sta- Il lot in th h p- Itwill e v d hat the pec ar s pe f th cka espe al y adapt i t th pu pos inte d n that h lock b used separately and apart from its hasp as an ordinary padlock; but it is not my intention to claim herein the U-shaped lock-case havin g a straight locking-bolt operating through the side walls of one of its stems across the stapleslot, as I have made this the subjectmatter of another application filed March 26, 1890, Serial No. 345,363.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a hasp and staple, of a lock detachably connected to said hasp, whereby said lock will during the unlocking and locking operation remain attached to said hasp, and When desired can be removed and used independently of said hasp Without destroying the usefulness of either the hasp or look, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a hasp and staple, of a look provided with 'lipsor flanges adapted to engage the outer side edges of said hasp, Wheneby the lock may be secured to the hasp, substantially as specified.

he m i a m tha a p a d st p of ock ha ng an t ar ly open ug depression for the reception of the staple and a locking-bolt located at right angles to said. depression and adapted to secure said staple therein, said lock provided with lips or flanges o e u tachably the lo k o t hasp, substantially as specified,

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

H. B. ZEVELY, JAMES G. JESTER. 

